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Monday, January 23, 2006

O Hag You Have Killed Me

Ten Irish dance tunes with unusual names:

Cornelius Curtin’s Big BalloonTell Her I AmO Hag You Have Killed MeThe Priest in his BootsThe Ladies' PantalettesRoll Her on the BanksThe Jolly ClamdiggersKitty Got a ClinkingThe Cat that Kittled in Jamesie’s WigJenny Bang the Weaver

'The Ladies' Pantalettes' is a nautical term. When sailors on tall ships wanted to hurry home they ran all the canvas onboard up the mast, and referred to the final piece of sail above the top gallants as 'the ladies' pantalettes'.

The picture is of the great Donegal fiddler John Doherty, who played a mighty version of 'The Cat That Kittled in Jamesie's Wig'.